抗药性 (kàng yào xìng) — drug resistance

Definition

A medical/scientific noun meaning 'drug resistance' — when bacteria or a pathogen stops responding to a drug. Combines 抗 (resist) + 药 (medicine) + 性 (the -ity/-ness suffix).

noun

drug resistance

Examples

抗药性。
Zhè zhǒng xì jūn duì duō zhǒng kàng shēng sù chǎn shēng le kàng yào xìng.
This bacterium has developed resistance to multiple antibiotics.
抗药性。
Yī shēng dān xīn cháng qī shǐ yòng zhè zhǒng yào huì dǎo zhì kàng yào xìng.
Doctors worry that long-term use of this drug will lead to drug resistance.
，抗药性。
Yán jiū xiǎn shì, kàng yào xìng wèn tí yuè lái yuè yán zhòng.
Research shows that the drug resistance problem is becoming more serious.

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